How to cope with the stress of coronavirus / Covid-19 and self-isolation
Anxiety
Mindfulness: The top 5 best mindfulness apps
Mindfulness has been trendy for a while, but it’s a bit more than just a fad! The NHS have approved its use with a variety of mental health difficulties. Most often prescribed for use with recurrent depression, frequently cited as helpful with anxiety, some studies show it helps with managing chronic pain; so if these […]
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – what is it and how to treat it
What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? PTSD is when, following a traumatic incident, individuals experience distressing symptoms such as flashbacks, nightmares and intrusive thoughts about the incident. This can mean that they re-experience the event, they might avoid any memories of the event or even small triggers which bring on memories of the event […]
Reflections on a case study treating an older adult with anxiety
Here I put forward a case report describing the assessment and treatment of April (pseudonym). April is an 80-year old, retired female, living alone with multiple physical health co-morbidities, referred by her doctor for symptoms of anxiety. DSM-V (2013) suggests a provisional diagnosis of Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is appropriate if the client has experienced […]
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Panic Disorder Management – a problem based learning case study
Often, when we are presented with a case it can be difficult to find a way forward. To aid clinical decisions, it is sometimes necessary to break down the decision making process into stages. The problem based learning task below does just that. Here I was given a case study and we methodically worked through […]
Worry Time
Do you find yourself spending a vast amount of your time worrying? Do you spend too much time worrying? Do you worry about a huge variety of things, from ‘what will happen if?’ scenarios, to very real situations, to your health, to your family’s safety, to money, to work, to your appearance? Do you worry […]
Graded Exposure – self reflection on a CBT intervention
When learning to carry out therapeutic interventions or treatments, it’s important to understand the mechanisms of the task in detail, and what better way to get to the bottom of that than by using the technique on yourself? Here I practiced a standard CBT intervention for anxiety, Graded Exposure, and reflected so that in the […]